“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus “Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadar You're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world.
User reviews:
Recent:
Mostly Positive (103 reviews) - 73% of the 103 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
Overall:
Very Positive (12,784 reviews) - 83% of the 12,784 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 23 Oct, 2013

Sign in to add this item to your wishlist, follow it, or mark it as not interested

Buy How to Survive

14,99€

Packages that include this game

Buy How to Survive - Storm Warning Edition

Includes 7 items: Barricade! DLC, El Diablo Islands - Host, Heat Wave DLC - x 3 pack, Hello my name is... Nina. DLC, How to Survive, Kovac’s Way DLC, One Shot Escape DLC

 

Recent updates View all (24)

16 June

How to Survive 2 - Latest Updates!

Survivors! The zombie hordes have gained a foothold, please join us in eradicating this infection! Collect your friends, collect your enemies, we need to work together to quell the zombies invading our camps!

We have made quite a few changes to How to Survive 2! since we last spoke! I am stopping by again with a few key points to tempt you to try out our newest game in Early Access:

  • Elite quests
  • Boss mobs
  • Female avatars
  • Twitch Integration
  • Kovac Challenges
  • New areas to explore
  • New NPCs and zombies
  • New items & crafting recipes
  • Traps and defensive buildings
  • Local Co-op AND Multiplayer together! Yes, together, up to 16 people can play at once.

You can read about our newest update here: http://steamcommunity.com/games/360170/announcements/detail/799767469278535992
For previous owners of the game there is a nice set of Primal Fear armor awaiting you in my bunker in your private chest!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=704798823
Pick up a copy and join me in making the world safe once more!

-Kovac

3 comments Read more

7 April

HTS2 - Twitch Integration, Elite Quests & New NPC/Zombies

Hello Survivors!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=656582944
We have made quite a few changes to How to Survive 2 since we last spoke! I am stopping by with a few key points to tempt you to try out our newest game in Early Access:

  • Female avatars
  • Boss mobs
  • Local Co-op AND Multiplayer together! Yes, together, up to 16 people can play at once.
  • Traps and defensive buildings
  • Night Crawlers
  • Elite quests
  • Kovac Challenges
  • New items & crafting recipes
  • New NPC and zombies
  • More areas to explore
  • Twitch Integration

For previous owners of the game there is a nice set of Primal Fear armor awaiting you in Kovac's bunker in your private chest!

Pick up a copy and join me in making the world safe once more!

-Kovac

5 comments Read more

Reviews

“How To Survive is more than just a solid zombie role-playing game, it's also one of the best games of the year. With its mix of Diablo-esque hack and slash and dual-stick shooter action, 505 Games' newest Xbox Live Arcade game is a real surprise. It has a deep crafting system and a world you can't help but want to explore. How To Survive rewrites the book on zombie RPGs!”
90% – Gaming Nexus

“While there have been several games that have recently released that fall into the growing zombie survival genre, How to Survive manages to do enough differently to earn its place among the crowd. The game’s strong emphasis on crafting and juggling basic human needs helps distinguish itself from other titles. Additionally, the story campaign features a tale that manages to contain a few plot twists despite its simplicity. One area where How to Survive shines is the game’s strange brand of humor which is helped along by the title’s decent voice acting. In all, How to Survive is recommended to any fans of either the undead or survival simulators. Those who enjoy intricate crafting or top-down gaming should also give it a look.”
4 Stars – Examiner

“In terms of graphic and sound design, How to Survive looks good and sounds even better. The lighting gives real-time shadows based on not only the source but the time of day as the shadows move with the passing sunlight. The island is beautifully rendered, and animations are fluid and zombie deaths are pleasingly gory, chunks of body parts will liter the ground and roll depending on the shape of the surface”
8/10 – Gamer Horizon

Special Offer

How to Survive 2 on Early Access is available now!
Also remember that if you own How to Survive 1 there is special gift waiting for you!


http://store.steampowered.com/app/360170

Survivor Loyalty Item: “Primal Fear” Armor Set.

If you are already a survivor who’s got How to Survive or How to Survive: Third Person Standalone on Steam, we welcome you back with a very special treat: the “Primal Fear” armor set!
A set of protective gear finely crafted out of the best bones and scrap metal that can be found in the dumpster. Made by master Survivalist Kovac himself, it promises to keep bites and scratches to a minimum while displaying a distinctive Swamp-chic style!
Join Early Access now, slip it on and knock’em dead!

About This Game

  • A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3

  • Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus

  • Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadar

You're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?


Collect the pages of a Survival Guide and figure it out, of course! Find food, water, and shelter before you perish. Uh oh, is it getting dark? Figure out how to get through the night! While you’re at it, gather up some of this awesome stuff and piece together over 100 handmade weapons and tools—from shotguns to Molotov cocktails. Now you can defend yourself and your friends like a boss!

• Choose one of the three playable characters, each with different characteristics and skill trees.

• Explore four islands filled with unique flora and fauna and a variety of abhorrent monstrosities.

Collect “Survival guide” video chapters to learn tips that will save your life!

Play with a friend offline through the story mode or go online and play with a friend through 8 demanding challenges..

• Try the “Iron Man” difficulty for a demanding hardcore game experience.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows XP
    • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or better
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Ati 5700 series/NVIDIA GeForce GT240 or equivalent
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 7 GB available space
Customer reviews
Customer Review system updated! Learn more
Recent:
Mostly Positive (103 reviews)
Overall:
Very Positive (12,784 reviews)
Recently Posted
Kryztoff
48.0 hrs on record
Posted: 20 August
Fun game.
Helpful? Yes No Funny
Mr. Papaya
1.6 hrs on record
Posted: 20 August
pretty fun
Helpful? Yes No Funny
videogamesandmusicals
13.9 hrs on record
Posted: 20 August
The controls are weird, and everything in the game is just very inconvenient. It is very difficult to see items on the ground which is especially frustrating if you like to use the bow and arrow. It's fun for a while, but it gets tiring quickly.
Helpful? Yes No Funny
ResidentBilly
4.6 hrs on record
Posted: 20 August
Lots of fun. Lots of blood. Lots of dead zombies. Crazy russian dude yelling at me.
Helpful? Yes No Funny
Nox of Sidonia
6.7 hrs on record
Posted: 20 August
Its ok
Helpful? Yes No Funny
Pa4o_StaN
15.5 hrs on record
Posted: 19 August
Buggy, keeps crashing, only coop, insane difficulty, horrible camera angles
Helpful? Yes No Funny
Drakesoul
1.6 hrs on record
Posted: 16 August
The game is great but when you play in multiplayer only the host gets to keep talents and items, yours will reset. :(
Helpful? Yes No Funny
[HattriX]
1.8 hrs on record
Posted: 12 August
: ─────────────────────────▄▀▄
─────────────────────────█─█
─────────────────────────█─█
─────────────────────────█─█
─────────────────────────█─█
─────────────────────────█─█
─────────────────────────█─▀█▀█▄
─────────────────────────█──█──█
─────────────────────────█▄▄█──▀█
────────────────────────▄█──▄█▄─▀█
────────────────────────█─▄█─█─█─█
────────────────────────█──█─█─█─█
────────────────────────█──█─█─█─█
────▄█▄──▄█▄────────────█──▀▀█─█─█
──▄█████████────────────▀█───█─█▄▀
─▄███████████────────────██──▀▀─█
▄█████████████────────────█─────█
██████████───▀▀█▄─────────▀█────█
████████───▀▀▀──█──────────█────█
██████───────██─▀█─────────█────█
████──▄──────────▀█────────█────█ Look son!
███──█──────▀▀█───▀█───────█────█ A bad game!
███─▀─██──────█────▀█──────█────█
███─────────────────▀█─────█────█
███──────────────────█─────█────█
███─────────────▄▀───█─────█────█
████─────────▄▄██────█▄────█────█
████────────██████────█────█────█
█████────█──███████▀──█───▄█▄▄▄▄█
██▀▀██────▀─██▄──▄█───█───█─────█
██▄──────────██████───█───█─────█
─██▄────────────▄▄────█───█─────█
─███████─────────────▄█───█─────█
──██████─────────────█───█▀─────█
──▄███████▄─────────▄█──█▀──────█
─▄█─────▄▀▀▀█───────█───█───────█
▄█────────█──█────▄███▀▀▀▀──────█
█──▄▀▀────────█──▄▀──█──────────█
█────█─────────█─────█──────────█
█────────▀█────█─────█─────────██
█───────────────█──▄█▀─────────█
█──────────██───█▀▀▀───────────█
█───────────────█──────────────█
█▄─────────────██──────────────█
─█▄────────────█───────────────█
──██▄────────▄███▀▀▀▀▀▄────────█
─█▀─▀█▄────────▀█──────▀▄──────█
─█────▀▀▀▀▄─────█────────▀─────█
─█─────────▀▄──▀───────────────█
Helpful? Yes No Funny
SpartanAmbassador
80.0 hrs on record
Posted: 12 August
This game is a veey fun, and somewhat more challenging game compared to other survival type games. It does, however get boring after some time, and can start to get repetitive with the mechanics. The biggest problem I faced was lack of inventory, but it also felt more realistic as far as these type of games go. The game provides several hours of addicting fun, but I do reccomend getting this on sale.
Helpful? Yes No Funny
Soldier
0.8 hrs on record
Posted: 10 August
50/50 Not best game with zombies but not worst :)
Helpful? Yes No Funny
Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
5 of 6 people (83%) found this review helpful
Recommended
30.6 hrs on record
Posted: 30 July
This is good game,i like it,but i should also mention it have some nasty flaws.

PROS:
During sales,this game can be bought at 90% discount. Eat-drink-sleep system is amazing.Kovac is very unique character which can be rarely seen in other zombie games.Interesting storyline.Challenges and Barricade modes. Crafting system is amazing.Islands are pretty,and each one of them is unique. Large amount of enemies.

CONS:
Inventory managment is extremly lame.Travel system is bad. Other in game characters will be totally ignored by zombies. There are a lot of incorrect subtitles.There are few bugs including combat system.

Im giving 6.5/10 for this game.
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
25.1 hrs on record
Posted: 7 August
Would recommend if it's on sale. Overall, I'd give the base game a 6/10, and the DLC 4/10.

Later in the game, it starts to wear on you/become repetitive, but you just have to press on through. There's a bit of a learning curve for a lot of aspects, but once you get past the first island, things become a lot mroe clear.

Pros:
Nice storyline. I'm not generally a fan of zombie games, but it's a mix of nature survival and zombie survival
Crafting lets you do different things without being too in-depth (though pretty linear/few overlapping components)
Plentiful ammo, so if you use it properly, no real need for time-consuming CQB once you get going in the game
Won't do any spoilers, but there are interesting twists and turns
The "Kovac's Tips" are a nice way of doing in-game tutorials; informative but fun and creative
The base game does a pretty good job of being clear about your goals, good map icons (though the DLC loses that in a lot of ways)
Overal enjoyable to play, and keeps you drawn in for the base game (though for DLC, see above point)

Cons:
The camera angles... it's a fixed cam, or rather a series of fixed cams that semi-randomly rotate. No way to adjust your veiw. Sometimes enemies will be a few feet away, but you can't see them because of the camera angles.
You need to stockpile all your "dropped" weapons in a couple centralized places, or you'll lose track of where stuff is - no system for keeping track of what you drop (no chests, storage system, or map to show where stuff is)
After the main game, not a lot is explained well enough - have to google A LOT later in the game
Lots of grinding later in the game, and though it says you're getting xp, it's essentially meaningless becaue of how the upgrades work
If you move offscreen, a horde of zombies could appear where you just were. Constantly clearing the map everywhere you go is a huge pain
Zombies respawn way too fast. If you can back-and forth between islands (or even off-and-on screen sometimes), everything fully regenerates right away
Nighttime combat: think Hyrule field from Ocarina of Time - no way to stop annoying pests popping up throughout the night, and from all around you. A bit of a pain to deal with throughout the entire game
Can't sleep through the night unless you're tired (at most, every-other day or every few). No way around nighttime combat
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
3 of 4 people (75%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.8 hrs on record
Posted: 2 August
For me, it was disappointing. I expected lots and lots of crafting and weird survival tactics in an oddball world where the rules were a bit different. What I got was another damn zombie shooter and really not much else. The crafting is very lackluster, which feels weird to say because I kind of got the impression that it was this game's major selling point. It's nothing that hundreds of games haven't done better.

I won't rule out the possibility that it might get better later, when you get rid of that annoying ♥♥♥ Kovak and have to build your own base and such, but honestly, I was annoyed enough with the dull gameplay that I couldn't stay invested.

If you like top-down shooters, you'll like this. If you come to it expecting a combination of Dead Island and The Long Dark (like I did), then you're in for a disappointment.
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
6.1 hrs on record
Posted: 30 July
When you lose because the game was still loading, you know the game isn't good. I had lots of trouble to make this crappy excuse of game running on a controller, and it's hard to move through this terrible interface menu. Nonsensical save-sytem, boring voice acting, but at least Kovac is funny.
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
80.0 hrs on record
Posted: 12 August
This game is a veey fun, and somewhat more challenging game compared to other survival type games. It does, however get boring after some time, and can start to get repetitive with the mechanics. The biggest problem I faced was lack of inventory, but it also felt more realistic as far as these type of games go. The game provides several hours of addicting fun, but I do reccomend getting this on sale.
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
2 of 3 people (67%) found this review helpful
Recommended
0.9 hrs on record
Posted: 30 July
Dont play if you scare of the dark
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
1 of 2 people (50%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
1.0 hrs on record
Posted: 9 August
Not overly polished, gameplay is drab. I don't particularily reccomend it.
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
1 of 2 people (50%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
1.9 hrs on record
Pre-Release Review
Posted: 27 July
Ridiculous game, crappy mechanics and foolish combat system
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
1 of 2 people (50%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
17.6 hrs on record
Posted: 28 July
This game is great at first but the game becomes way more difficult near the end to the point where not even the most advanced weapons and armor you have can help you.
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny